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单词 stilt
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stilt
noun[Cusually plural]
uk
/stɪlts/us
/stɪlts/
one of a set oflongpiecesofwoodormetalused tosupportabuildingso that it is above thegroundor abovewater:
（支撑建筑物高出地面或水面的）柱子，支材
Thehousesarebuiltonstilts toprotectthem from theannualfloods.房子建在柱桩上，以免遭受一年一度洪水的侵袭。
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one of twolongpiecesofwoodwithsupportsfor thefeetthatallowyou tostandandwalkhigh above theground:
高跷
towalkonstilts踩高跷
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Physical supports and supporting
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  • buttress
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  • pier
  • pile
  • pillar
  • prop
  • propsomethingup
  • rafter
  • sinew
  • underpin
  • unsupported
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Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
(Definition ofstiltfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

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Next to that there is the old grammar school, which is almost unique and on stilts.
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However, the road could be built on stilts.
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The motorway was constructed a few years later on stilts.
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The building will, therefore, be built on stilts so that the whole of the ground floor will be a covered yard.
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A lot of this is built on stilts of very thin paper.
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The market would be on stilts over the railway lines.
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As a means of social justice, attacking poverty and helping low-income families with children, this scheme is nonsense on stilts.
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We have reached a situation of constitutional nonsense on stilts.
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We shall have to build on stilts.
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They can be separated, because it is possible to build the road on stilts, costing £4 million or £6 million less than if it is built on a barrage.
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In his opening words he referred to people who were "mighty in their fallacies"and in his closing words he said that it was"all nonsense on stilts".
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The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills.
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The inhabitants of marshy or flooded areas sometimes use stilts for practical purposes, such as working in swamps or fording swollen rivers.
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He introduces himself and then leaves his desk, while walking on stilts to look bigger.
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Part rises from the riverbed on stilts and part is cantilevered off the railway retaining wall.
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